Donald Trump ran his 2024 Presidential Campaign, essentially, on a single issue: Immigration. He said that "illegal immigrants" were bringing crime, taking your jobs, and poisoning the blood of the nation. And the Democrats did not have an effective counter-narrative.
Now, with the right-wing civil war about immigration taking place between the tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and the MAGA base about the issue of H1B visas - it's time for the left to offer an effective and affirmative counter-narrative about immigration.
Will and Mom have a wide-ranging discussion aimed at getting to the truth of immigration in America. First, mom recounts the story of her ancestors who came to America from Ireland and Italy - and the struggles, exploitation, and discrimination they faced.
Mom tells a story about the discrimination that Italian immigrants faced in New Orleans in the late 1800s - that is eerily similar to the latest lie that Donald Trump told about the assailant in the recent New Orleans attack.
They discuss the desperate desire for immigrants to become American, and how the demonization of "Hyphenated-Americans" deployed by Woodrow Wilson can give us some insight into the rise in the Latino vote for Trump.
Mom talks about the precursors to the latest round of immigrant demonization - like Proposition 187 in California.
They also take a look at the actual facts about immigration over the past several decades - and talk about some little-discussed aspects of Trump's utter failure during his previous administration. And also how a large percentage of undocumented workers, have simply overstayed their visas...
Finally - Will and Mom reflect on Trump's threat of mass deportation - and how it would not only destroy our economy - but tear this country apart.
The vast majority of Americans come from immigrants. When you see those people at the border - you need to see the origin story of your own family.
And through it all - we expose the grift at the heart of it all. The Rich have lied about immigration for over 100 years - and they do it to distract from the fact that THEY are the ones holding all of us down for their own profit. They want you to blame immigrants - when really - we should all be blaming them.
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